Sua sponte definition

Sua sponte means that the person involved acts on that person’s initiative, without the need for a request, motion, or application.
Sua sponte means of their own will or motion, without prompting or suggestion.
Sua sponte means any determination of the superintendent or of his designee made without prompting of the parties.

Examples of Sua sponte in a sentence

  • Motions for temporary orders where exceptional/exigent circumstances have been demonstrated.2. Contempt actions where exceptional/exigent circumstances have been demonstrated.3. Sua sponte custody orders to the Department of Children and Families pursuant toG.

  • Sua sponte, cause dismissed.Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.

  • Sua sponte review is a discretionary internal process.800.8 The Commission shall look to the following guidelines when determining whether to invoke its sua sponte review authority.

  • Sua sponte, cause dismissed.Moyer, C.J., Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, Lanzinger and Cupp, JJ., concur.

  • Sua sponte, cause dismissed.O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, Kennedy, French, and O’Neill, JJ., concur.


More Definitions of Sua sponte

Sua sponte means orders issued by the court without motion by a party.
Sua sponte means without prompting or suggestion; on its own motion. Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019). For conduct that it finds particularly offensive, the Tax Court can choose to impose a penalty under IRC § 6673 even if the IRS has not requested the penalty. See, e.g., Wells v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2019-134.
Sua sponte is a term that means without prompting or suggestion. Thus, for conduct that the Tax Court finds particularly offensive, the Tax Court can choose to impose a penalty under IRC § 6673 even if the IRS has not requested that the penalty be imposed. See, e.g., Avery v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2007-60 (The Tax Court imposed a penalty of $5,000 because the taxpayer unreasonably prolonged the proceeding by filing with the Tax Court repetitious, groundless, and frivolous documents alleging that no section of the Internal Revenue Code makes him liable and that the deficiency was an excise tax).
Sua sponte is a term that means without prompting or suggestion. Thus, for conduct that the Tax Court finds particularly offensive, the Tax Court can choose to impose a penalty under IRC § 6673 even if the IRS has not requested that the penalty be imposed. See, e.g., Brunner v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2004- 187 (Tax Court imposed the penalty without being asked to do so when the taxpayer made numerous frivolous constitutional arguments regarding the requirement to file an income tax return).
Sua sponte is a term that means without prompting or suggestion. Thus, for conduct that the Tax Court finds particularly offensive, the Tax Court can choose to impose a penalty under IRC § 6673 even if the IRS has not requested that the penalty be imposed. See, e.g., Call v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2005-289 (Tax Court imposed $5,000 penalty without being asked to do so where taxpayer presented frivolous arguments to delay collection proceedings).
Sua sponte is a term that means without prompting or suggestion. Thus, without any request from either of the parties, the Court of Appeals decided to rehear the case.
Sua sponte means "of its own will" in Latin. Often refers to a court taking an action in a case without being asked to do so by either side.